WORDS AND WORLDS

Tod

Far Above the World – a CORE-based Orbital Odyssey

Far Above the World – a CORE-based Orbital Odyssey

It's your rookie mission to space. What could possibly go wrong? FAR ABOVE THE WORLD is a one-shot roleplaying adventure by Tod Foley, free for all patrons and members of the As If Collective. Join up at http://patreon.com/asif to receive this and other CORE downloads.

read more
BOGG

BOGG

In the late 23rd century, the planet Bogg was discovered quite by accident when a hypershunt failed to reach its intended destination and a group of 3,000 human colonists was stranded there without any means of returning to Earth – a planet they have long since...

read more

FRAGMENTS 1: Handjobs for Satan and Other Weird Tales

The latest release from As If Books! "Handjobs for Satan and Other Weird Tales" is the first book in Shawn Koch's "Fragments" series of bizarro anthologies, and we're proud to bring it to you! Here's the back cover blurb... THE UNIVERSE IS SHATTERING, mind by mind....

read more
What is the CORE RPG System

What is the CORE RPG System

Come with us into the weeds of CORE History on LegendsOfTabletop, featuring such topics as CORE Design Philosophy, Hybrid Systems, Universal Mechanics, Minimal Scales, Experiential Narrativism, Emergent Story, Psychic Content, Fruitful Voids, Horizontal versus...

read more
Character Descriptions: KISS

Character Descriptions: KISS

This topic comes up a lot in the social media writers' groups, so let's talk about it a little bit. Over-described characters tend to be a mark of a novice writer (or a jaded pro adding wordcount to drive up the price). But let's be honest here. The more skill you...

read more
Happy Little Screams – Podcast Appearance

Happy Little Screams – Podcast Appearance

I hung out with the Happy Little Screamers recently, and we taped it. In this hour-long convo we drifted over a range of topics including game design theory, RPG rules & settings, fractopian fiction, cyberpunk, post-cyberpunk, anachronistic stone-soup omnipunk,...

read more
Liquid Hitler

Liquid Hitler

Austin Peck is a jacked-up super-cop who shot to the top of the precinct at a young age. But Austin's got a secret: he's tapped into worlds beyond our reality, driven by psychoactive drugs that allow him to mentally sort through infinite timeline variables, future and...

read more
Luminarium Two: Bright Manifest

Luminarium Two: Bright Manifest

Who would you hurt to achieve justice? Former war hero Jenna Ridley, seeking a new rebellion Intergalactic fugitive Trevor McVee, out to avenge his father's murder Shape-shifting killer Windicott Ames, fearful he'll never find peace As their dark paths lead them...

read more
Luminarium One: Dark Evasion

Luminarium One: Dark Evasion

How far would you go to get what you want? Pursuing the justice they desire, three desperate people from very different backgrounds find themselves on dark paths of their own making. As their lives become mysteriously intertwined... » Rogue spy Trevor McVee, dumped on...

read more
UbiquiCity 2: UnderCurrents

UbiquiCity 2: UnderCurrents

Beneath the smartglass towers, hovering drones and digital advertisements of Union City's corporate elite, life on the streets follows its own cyber-organic rhythms... » Powerful corporations fight wars through proxies, and digital reality is the battlefield »...

read more
UbiquiCity: Tales of the Fractopian Future

UbiquiCity: Tales of the Fractopian Future

Nine authors collaborate to build a “Smart City” of the first world 100 years in the future, examining the results of projected modern trends such as ubiquitous computing, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, biotech, anti-aging and green technologies -...

read more